Feminism: What Is It? – Part 1

What is Feminism? Feminism is: The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. Organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests. It is ironic that at the beginning of the 21st century we are still debating this topic. World history is full of mentions of brave and courageous women such [...]

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Agent-Editor Face-to-Face

That title caught your attention, didn’t it? Did it make you think that there was an editor and an agent dueling for my manuscript? Ah, a woman can dream aspire, can’t she? But that is not at all what’s happening. I happened to go to a conference last weekend, held by our local chapter of [...]

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Happy Earth Day! Really?

       April 22nd is celebrated every year as Earth Day. Do we, the human race, really have the right to celebrate this day?       Nobody worth his salt has managed to not hear about the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupting and spewing thousands of tons of ash – it began on April 14th – thus effectively arresting [...]

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Critique Group

I have never been more in awe of whoever it was that had coined the phrase “Ignorance Is Bliss”. Truer words have not been spoken. That person must have been knee-deep in documents related to the world of writing when s/he had an epiphany and yelled those words out. No, seriously, the more I research [...]

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Having Pun with Words

Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines pun as: -          The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. Suppose you’re sitting in a dentist’s office, waiting for a root canal. You are flipping through one of those [...]

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Speed-Reading and Déjà vu

Has this ever happened to you? You have been thinking about a movie or just a concept for some time. And suddenly you keep seeing references to it everywhere you turn. It’s like déjà vu!    Why does this happen? I can think of two reasons:    a)      We tend to pay attention to the topic, which [...]

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A Spring in Your Step?

Finally! Spring is here – there are signs of new life everywhere around me.    Having said that, for the sake of honesty, I also have to mention that where I live spring usually lasts for a whole day.  Yes, you read it right! It happens when you least expect it, and then it’s gone. Hot, [...]

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Becoming a Classic

Growing older — I tend to think of that inevitable process more as ‘getting wiser and on my way to becoming a classic’. Isn’t that a much more optimistic way of looking at things? One of my cousins had sent me a greeting card for my birthday that read: “Thinking that you’re growing old? Don’t [...]

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What’s Hot in Children’s Literature

Publisher’s Weekly has released year 2009′s hardcover  and paperback frontlist and backlist bestsellers. Here’s a definition of backlist and frontlist from Google:                 A backlist is a list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to titles newly published, which is sometimes called the frontlist. My Impressions from the list: Three facts jumped at me [...]

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Hunt For The God Particle

The universe – stars, planets, nebulae, the Milky Way, black holes – in its entirety and infiniteness has always fascinated me. Hence, the Big Bang Theory that explains how the universe came into existence has been close to my heart for a long time. I would like to share some really exciting latest developments related [...]

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